Harness-buckle



No. 624,633. Patented My 9, m99.

P. sAuP. L c. HAuENsTEm.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

(Application filed Aug. 18, 189B.)

y www NIrEn STATES PATENT OEEICE PETER SAUP AND oIIARLES IIAUENSTEIN, on CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-BUCKLEi SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,688, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed August 13, 1898. Serial No. 688,480. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t witty concern:

Be it known that we, PETER SAU? Vand CHARLES I-IAUENSTEIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cairo, in the county of Alexander and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Harness-Buckle, of 'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of harness-buckles used to adj ustably secure the trace to the tug and known as trace-buckles, the objectof the invention being to provide an improved buckle of this class in which the perforation of the trace is rendered unnecessary, the trace and tug being firmly connected together and rendered readily adjustable upon each other without the necessity of cutting, punching,

or otherwise marring or weakening either the trace or tug.

Vith this object in view our invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and afterward specifically pointed out in the claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a face view of a buckle constructed in accordance with our invention, illustrating also lthe tug and the end of the trace secured together thereby, Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same parts. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. Liis a detail perspective view of the parts composing our improved buckle detached from each other.

Like letters of reference indicate the Same parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates the main body or frame of the buckle, the sides of which are curved and the crossbars A A2 of which are round and smooth. A Wide cross-bar B, curved to conform with the shape of the sides of the frame A, connects said sides and is perforated at B at about its center to receive a rivet B2, by which to connect a leather shield C to pren veut the buckle from galling the horse. The

main body A is provided with the usual side will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and its operation may be described as follows: The tug and trace being disconnected and it being desirous to connect them together adjustably, the end H2 of the tug is passed through the crimping-loop Gby passing it under the round cross-bar G2. The iiat cross-bar G2 having been passed through the space I between the round cross-bar A2 and the wide curved cross-barB ofthe buckle frame, the end H2 is passed under the i'lat cross-bar G2 of the crimping-loop. The fiat cross-bar E2 of the trace-loop E having been passed upward through the space I between the round crossbar A and curved cross-bar `B of the buckle-frame A, the end H2 of the tug is further passed under the flat cross-bar E2 of the trace-loop E, and thence under the fiat leather loop J of the trace to confine the end. In this position, as clearly illustrated in the edge and sectional views, Figs. 2 and 3, a pull exerted upon the trace will cause the flat cross-bar E2 of the tug-loop to bind upon the outside of the tracey and prevent its being moved with relation to the tug. A pull upon the trace by means of this connection will tend to straighten the Acrimped portion I-Is, which will cause the trace to bind tightly betweenl the cross-bars G2 and G2 of the loop G and the cross-bar A2 of the frame, a strain upon the cross-bar G3 causing the iiat crossbar G2 to be tightly clamped against the outside of the trace.

From the foregoing it will be Seen that We have provided a simple, cheap, and effective .buckle for carrying out the expressed objects are held together Without the use of tongues and without the necessity of perforating either the trace or tug.

While we have illustrated and described the best means 110W known to us for carrying out our invention, we do not Wish to be understood as restricting ourselves to the exact details of construction shown, but hold that A harness-buckle comprising a main body or frame having curved sides,round end crossbars, and a wide central cross-bar, a loop adapted to be secured to the end of the tug having curved side bars and a cross-bar at each end, and a crimping-loop of substantially the same form as the tug-loop, the two loops being narrow enough to be passed through the spaces in the main body or frame between the Wide central cross-bar and the end crossbars, substantially as described.

PETER SAUP.

CHARLES -HAUENSTEINA Witnesses:

CHAs. OsTERLoH, LEE LEGG. 

